Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:36:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:36:40 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:15632 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:36:39 -0500 Subject: Re: Re: Re: faster boots? To: joeja@mindspring.com Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 18:53:56 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "joeja@mindspring.com" at Apr 05, 2002 01:08:26 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So what is the best way in Linux to figure out what you can remove from the > kernel to make it smaller and boot hopefully faster on low end machines? Say "M" to everything that isnt your root file system or directly dependant on it. The whole "build a custom kernel" thing is mostly a red herring. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/